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USAV FS-277

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USAV FS-277 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

Freight-Supply Vessel

Laid down, circa 1944, as the Design 330 Freight-Supply Vessel FS-277 for the US Army at Wheeler Shipbuilding, Whitestone, N.Y.

Launched in 1944

Delivered to the US Army Quartermaster Corps February 1945

Assigned to the US Army Transportation Corps

Commission USAV FS-277, 20 November 1944, at new York, LTjg. F.A. Grantham, USCG in command

LTjg. Grantham was succeeeded in command by LT. Matthew L. Stansell, USCG, 1 December 1945

USAV FS-277 departed New York on 14 December 1944 for the Southwest Pacific where she operated during the war

Decommissioned, date unknown

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement (As Built) 573 gross tons
Length (As Built) 180'
Beam 32'
Draft 14'
Speed 12 kts
Freight Capacity unknown
Complement unknown
Armament unknown

Propulsion two 500hpGM Cleveland Division 6-278A 6-cyl V6 diesel engines, twin screws

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